Spar 2009 Build up
The Spa 25 hours is the longest non-stop race in the world and attracts an entry of over 150 cars from the all over Europe with teams also coming from Australia and the USA. You can watch a crazy first lap with a Connell racing in car clip from 2006 on YouTube. Our best result in the race has been 9th overall and 2nd in the UK class.
The SPA 25 hour team for 2009
Race Drivers: Ian Connell, Marc Connell, Franck Pelle, Lars Fredrik Berg. (Richard Connell is away in South America for 3 months) Ian and Marc are regulars but we are delighted to have secured the services of two very special drivers for this race:
Frenchman Franck Pelle has over 15 years race experience in many series including GT racing, Britcar, British GT, Belcar and in the Fun Cup. Cars raced include Porsche 996 Turbo, Porsche 911, Chrysler Viper GTS-R & Ferrari F355. Last year he was part of the successful JPR team that won the SPA 25 hour race outright, the first UK team to win the race. He is the owner of Frenchstone and is based in the UK.
Lars Fredrik Berg is a Norwegian, resident in Germany. He raced with us in the 2007/8 SPA 25 hours. Lars is a race instructor on the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife race circuit and also a freelance race instructor with the Porsche Sport Germany Driving School. In 2008 he was the BMW Challenge Champion on the Nürburgring Nordschleife with his BMW 318is, with two wins, three second places and one third place. By profession he is a Project leader at the Fraunhofer-Institut Chemische Technologie (ICT) .
The team behind us at SPA
From Solutions Racing: Led by Pete and Steve who run the show with engineer Stuart I/C of our car.
From Connell Racing: Marvin Hall will be in the pits, assisting the Solutions racing guys. On our pit wall team we have we have Mike Head (I/C) aided by Nick Carley and Emma James.
The Solution racing team is also running two other (petrol) cars at the race, the 248 CCS Media car and the 190 myhandle.com car. Both of these teams are new to the Spa race – we hope you all have a great time and do very well.
TV Coverage: Previous races
Motors TV schedules for the first one-hour Fun Cup special, which will feature action from Rockingham, Snetterton and Brands Hatch are:
Sat 4 July 2009 – 14:00
Sun 5 July 2009 - 04:05
Mon 6 July 2009 - 22:20
Tue 7 July 2009 - 10:00 and 19:05
Weds 8 July 2009 - 05:00
Fri 10 July 2009 - 13:00
Tue 14 July 2009 - 04:05
Sky Sports’ Raceworld programme dates and times for the Brands Hatch TV coverage are:
Thurs 16th July: 6.30pm (Sky Sports Xtra), Midnight (Sky Sports Xtra)
Fri 17th July: 5am (Sky Sports Xtra), 1pm (Sky Sports 3), 3pm (Sky Sports Xtra), 9pm Sky Sports Xtra
Sat 18th July: 1am (Sky Sports 3), 4am (Sky Sport 3), 7am (Sky Sports Xtra), 10.30am (Sky Sports Xtra)